Introduction to Multimedia Journalism

The demand of information is limitless, but how will you feed this media consumption and gain a place in the digital world by creating new and unique content, providing information that attracts YOUR readers and giving YOUR audience something they didn’t know before. Jennifer Sizemore, MSNBC.com

Storytelling is still the same, but with multimedia, you don't have to pick just one way to tell the story.

When you report a story for print -- using a reporter's notebook to write down information from interviews or what you see or hear -- what you gather is useful only for print. When you report a story for television -- using a video camera to shoot only interviews or events that will be visual elements in a clip -- what you gather is useful only for television.

But when you report a story for the Web -- using a video camera to shoot interviews or events, as well as using it to grab still pictures, record audio and collect information that can be used in text or graphics -- what you gather can be used to produce a multimedia story, a television story, a print story or a radio story.